Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East

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The Academic Study Group (Charity No 801772) was an anti BDS charity registered 24 July 1989 and ceased to exist on 1 May 2020. The charity was resurrected on 28 August 2020 with a new charity number (1191067) and it is now called Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East.[1]

According to its website in 2001:

The Academic Study Group was established in 1977 in order to forge closer links between political and social scientists in Britain, and their counterparts in the higher education sector in Israel. In its infancy A.S.G. concentrated almost exclusively on analysing developments in the newly-reborn State of Israel and conflicts raging in the Middle East. Latterly A.S.G. has radically revised and enlarged its terms of reference.

The ASG was closely associated and shared a website with the Friends of Israel Educational Foundation, a Charity (No. 1095303) and company (No. 04392462) incorporated on 12 Mar 2002 as a copmany, registered as a charity on 9 January 2003 and dissolved on 23 July 2019. [2]

Against BDS

In spring 2018 the charity added a statement that it was oppsed to the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign launched by Palestinian civil society in 2005. It stated:

By definition as a Charity ASG presses no political line and eschews any form of propagandising. The only issue on which ASG has firm policy is opposition to BDS. The Charity is totally committed to the universality of knowledge and rejects any disruption to cross-national co-operation.[3]

People

Circa 2020

Executive

  • President: Sir Walter Bodmer - University of Oxford
  • Treasurer: Ms Aviva Petrie - UCL
  • Director: John D A Levy

National Council

   Prof Peter Abrahams
   University of Warwick
   Baroness Amos
   SOAS
   Prof Bob Allison
   Loughborough University
   Prof Michael Arthur
   University College London
   Sir David Bell
   University of Reading
   Prof Vernon Bogdanor
   Kings College, London
   Prof Paul Boyle
   University of Leicester
   Dame Glynis Breakwell
   University of Bath
   Prof Chris Brink
   University of Newcastle
   Sir Keith Burnett
   University of Sheffield
   Prof Ed Byrne
   Kings College, London
   Prof Dame Averil Cameron
   University of Oxford
   Mr Francis Campbell
   St Mary's University
   Prof Sir Philip Cohen
   University of Dundee
   Prof Sir Ivor Crewe
   University of Oxford
   Prof Raymond Dwek
   University of Oxford
   Prof Sir David Greenaway
   University of Nottingham
   Baroness Greenfield
   University of Oxford
   Prof Sir Peter Gregson
   Cranfield University
   Lord Krebs
   University of Oxford
   Prof David S Latchman
   Birkbeck College
   Prof Sir Eli Lauterpacht
   University of Cambridge
   Sir Andrew Likierman
   London Business School
   Prof Trevor McMillan
   Keele University
   Prof Anton Muscatelli
   Glasgow University
   Rev Prof Peter Neil
   Bishop Grosseteste University
   Dr Wendy Piatt
   The Russell Group
   Prof Colin Riordan
   University of Cardiff
   Prof Dame Nancy Rothwell
   Manchester University
   Prof Marcus du Sautoy
   Oxford University
   Prof Sir Steve Smith
   University of Exeter
   Prof Sir Christopher Snowden
   Southampton University
   Prof Sir John Meurig Thomas
   University of Cambridge
   Prof Sir Richard Trainor
   Oxford University
   Prof Lord Winston
   Imperial College[4]

Circa 2017

Executive

National Council

   Prof Peter Abrahams
   University of Warwick
   Baroness Amos
   SOAS
   Prof Bob Allison
   Loughborough University
   Prof Michael Arthur
   University College London
   Sir David Bell
   University of Reading
   Prof Vernon Bogdanor
   Kings College, London
   Prof Paul Boyle
   University of Leicester
   Dame Glynis Breakwell
   University of Bath
   Prof Chris Brink
   University of Newcastle
   Sir Keith Burnett
   University of Sheffield
   Prof Ed Byrne
   Kings College, London
   Prof Dame Averil Cameron
   University of Oxford
   Mr Francis Campbell
   St Mary's University
   Prof Sir Philip Cohen
   University of Dundee
   Prof Sir Ivor Crewe
   University of Oxford
   Prof Raymond Dwek
   University of Oxford
   Prof Sir David Greenaway
   University of Nottingham
   Baroness Greenfield
   University of Oxford
   Prof Sir Peter Gregson
   Cranfield University
   Lord Krebs
   University of Oxford
   Prof David S Latchman
   Birkbeck College
   Prof Sir Eli Lauterpacht
   University of Cambridge
   Sir Andrew Likierman
   London Business School
   Prof Trevor McMillan
   Keele University
   Prof Anton Muscatelli
   Glasgow University
   Rev Prof Peter Neil
   Bishop Grosseteste University
   Dr Wendy Piatt
   The Russell Group
   Prof Colin Riordan
   University of Cardiff
   Prof Dame Nancy Rothwell
   Manchester University
   Prof Marcus du Sautoy
   Oxford University
   Prof Sir Steve Smith
   University of Exeter
   Prof Sir Christopher Snowden
   Southampton University
   Prof Sir John Meurig Thomas
   University of Cambridge
   Prof Sir Richard Trainor
   Oxford University
   Prof Lord Winston
   Imperial College[5]



Circa 2010

Executive

Sir Walter Bodmer (President) | Aviva Petrie (Treasurer) | John D. A. Levy (Director)[6]

Members of the National Council

   Prof Vernon Bogdanor, University of Oxford
   Prof R F Boucher, University of Sheffield
   Sir John Boyd, University of Cambridge
   Prof Glynis Breakwell, University of Bath
   Prof Sir Kenneth Calman, University of Durham
   Prof Dame Averil Cameron, University of Oxford
   Prof Sir Colin Campbell, University of Nottingham
   Prof Sir Philip Cohen, University of Dundee
   Prof Sir Graeme Davies, University of London
   Sir Howard Davies, London School of Economics
   Prof C R W Edwards, University of Newcastle
   Prof John Friend, University of Hull
   Prof Alan Gilbert, University of Manchester
   Prof Malcolm Grant, University College London
   Baroness Greenfield, The Royal Institution
   Prof Peter Gregson, Queen's University of Belfast
   Prof Sir Andrew Haines, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
   Gavin Henderson, Trinity College of Music
   Prof Stephen Hill, Royal Holloway College
   Prof Christine King, Staffordshire University
   Prof David S Latchman, Birkbeck College
   Prof Sir Eli Lauterpacht, University of Cambridge
   Prof Simon Lee, Leeds Metropolitan University
   Prof Peter Mathias, University of Cambridge
   Prof David Melville, University of Kent
   Prof Jerry Morris, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
   Prof Sir Howard Newby, University of the West of England
   Prof Daphne Osborne, Open University, Oxford
   Prof Sir Gareth Roberts, University of Oxford
   Prof Steve Smith, University of Exeter
   Prof Christopher Snowden, University of Surrey
   Sir Richard Sykes, Imperial College
   Prof Sir John Meurig Thomas, University of Cambridge
   Prof Richard Trainor, King’s College London
   Prof V D VandeLinde, University of Warwick
   Prof Paul Webley, School of Oriental & African Studies
   Prof Sir David Williams, University of Cambridge

Circa 2001

Executive

  • Sir Walter Bodmer (President), Prof John Friend (Chair), Prof Graham Zellick (Vice-Chair), Aviva Petrie (Treasurer) John D. A. Levy (Director)[2]

Members of the National Council

Prof Sir John P Arbuthnott, University of Strathclyde; Dr John Ashworth, British Library; Prof George Bain, Queen’s University of Belfast; Prof Gerald Bernbaum, South Bank University; Prof R F Boucher, UMIST; Prof Sir Alec Broers, University of Cambridge; Sir Kenneth Calman, University of Durham; Prof Averil Cameron, University of Oxford; Prof Sir Colin Campbell, University of Nottingham; Prof Ron Cooke, University of York; Prof Ivor Crewe, University of Essex; Sir John Daniel, The Open University; Prof Sir Graeme Davies, University of Glasgow; Prof Patrick J Dowling, University of Surrey; Prof Sir Brian Follett, University of Warwick; Dr C E Gamble, Royal Institute of International Affairs; Prof Anthony Giddens, London School of Economics; Prof Susan Greenfield, The Royal Institution; Rt Hon Lord Jenkins, University of Oxford; Prof Christine King, Staffordshire University; Sir Eli Lauterpacht, University of Cambridge; Prof Simon Lee, Liverpool Hope University College; Prof Peter Mathias, University of Cambridge; Prof Jerry Morris, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Prof Sir Howard Newby, University of Southampton; Lord Oxburgh, Imperial College; Baroness Perry, University of Cambridge; Prof Ben Pimlott, Goldsmiths College; Prof Sir Gareth Roberts, University of Sheffield; Dr Harold Shukman, University of Oxford; Prof Chris Llewellyn Smith, U.C.L; Prof Sir David Smith, University of Oxford; Prof Sir Stewart R Sutherland, University of Edinburgh; Prof Sir John Meurig Thomas, University of Cambridge; Prof Leslie Wagner, Leeds Metropolitan University; Prof Sir David Williams, University of Cambridge [2]

Resources

  • Charity Commission [] Retrieved from Archive.today of 2 May 2020 on 2 May 2020.
  • Internet Archive holdings of foi-asg.org

Notes

  1. Register of Charities Governance. Accessed 16 March 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 ASG Background on the ASG. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 4 March 2001.
  3. The text was not there on 23 March but had been added by 25 April 2018: ASG ASG Home. Retrieved from the Internet ARchive of 25 April 2018.
  4. ASG National Council. Retrieved from the Internet ARchive of 4 May 2020 on 4 May 2020.
  5. 5.0 5.1 ASG ASG National Council. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 20 August 2017.
  6. ASG Background. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 24 May 2010 on 4 May 2020.